Golf Front Struts and Springs

[Golf Loon]

Check this out. From right to Left

Stock Golf Mk1 Strut

GTI Mk1 Strut

Seat Cordoba 1995 Front strut. Top is different, but interchanges with the golf one.

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I`m thinking mount my lowered springs to the Cordoba Strut and the near new, bigger shocker?

What do you reckon guys?

[finemk1]

i reackon you should try to do it, are the hub bolts and camber bolts line up to the cordoba shocks, will it give the same ride height as the originals?

[ausgolfer]

Don't do it if you already haven't. The cordoba is a far heavier car and the internal valving of the seat shocks will be totally different and would almost make your mk1 undrivable.
I once asked a friend of mine(suspension expert) if I could put my heavily uprated mk1 suspension into my mk2 after I blew the front shocks and he said no way. Even though the mk1 and mk2 are more closely related than the seat and mk1.

[Golf Loon]

Yeah I got a good set of bilsteins in the end for my Mk1

Was taking a Mk2 apart today and the front shocks and springs are the same as the Seat ones.

[imported_brackie]

Question 1...How do you tell if your Mk1 struts are the cartridge-insert type (ones that don't have to have the strut removed to replace them) or the difficult ones?
Question 2... Can you get bent struts straightened?

[Golfwise]

All mk1 have removeable inserts.
No you can't straighten them.
Suspension is VERY important part of a car and for safety sake one should always use good parts.
SEAT and any other later Golf struts may look the same but the shocker insert is a lot longer.